More on the coconut later. First a reminder of the rules for The Poop super-crafty Halloween costume contest:

Courtesy Erin Righetti

1. The costumes can’t be store-bought. Hand-me-down crafty costumes are acceptable, as are costumes that use store-bought elements to create something original. This is also a costume for kids. (Sorry super-dorky adult dude who sent in the scarily detailed BumbleBee Transformer costume. Maybe I’ll put it on the Culture Blog.)

2. The costumes don’t have to be good. As a matter of fact, half the point is that our generation sucks at this. If you poke a couple of holes in a sheet for your kid at the last minute, you may find yourself with a prize.

3. Costumes must be worn in the vicinity of Halloween 2007. Bonus points if your kid is holding a copy of that day’s Chronicle in the photo. (Or you can take it in front of a computer with The Poop on the screen … Or find some other creative way to prove it’s current … .)

We’ll start posting all the costumes later today tomorrow morning and announce the winners on Friday.

Now back to this great costume. We got this message from the coconut’s mother, Erin Righetti:

“My son Jack really wanted to be a coconut for Halloween, so I did my best to make him the most fabulous coconut ever seen. He loved it, although it got hard to sit down when he went to a Halloween party last week, but he was a little trooper and proudly sported his coconut most of the night. His Papa went as the accompanying palm tree, but I won’t share that one with you, it was weird.”